Vasiliki ‘Vaso’ Kazakos

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Aug 25, 2013 at 5:49 PM

Vasiliki “Vaso” Kazakos, 56, of Clemmons, fell asleep Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, at her home after a courageous battle with cancer.

Vasiliki “Vaso” Kazakos, 56, of Clemmons, fell asleep Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, at her home after a courageous battle with cancer.A funeral will be conducted at noon Tuesday at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church by Fr. Demetri Kangelaris. Burial will follow in Forsyth Memorial Park.The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the church with a Trisagion service at 7:30 p.m.She was the beloved wife of Andreas Kazakos of Clemmons. Vaso was born Oct. 12, 1956, in the small village of Prodromos in Voiotia, Greece. She was the daughter of the late Ioannis and Zoe Kalpouzos. Ioannis was a carpenter, and Zoe ran the village’s only market. Vaso was raised in Prodromos and Athens, Greece, and spent every summer swimming and sun bathing in Sarandi Paralia (beach). Sarandi was her most cherished destination, and she and Andreas built a mediterranean villa there in 1990. The entire Kazakos family spent almost every summer there and grew to love Sarandi as their second home. Vaso attended a private boarding school in Thiva, and post graduation, she moved to Athens. There she attended a travel academy to become a flight attendant. She also worked as the executive secretary to the director of a tutoring institution.While residing and going to school in Athens, she met Andreas Kazakos on a blind date in May of 1977. It was love at first sight as they were married two months later on July 3, 1977. The couple moved to Winston-Salem on Aug. 17, 1977, the day after Elvis Presley died, as she so vividly remembered. Vaso’s contagious smile infected so many with happiness and joy. Her vibrant and vivacious personality animated even the walls surrounding her; as she spoke the floors would tremble. For the entirety of her life, Vaso’s focus was her husband and her children. She ardently loved and cared for her family. She especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, the light of her life.Her many other interests included baking, cooking, reading and teaching Sunday school. Vaso delightedly volunteered for her church, the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, in Winston-Salem. She was a staple at the Greek Festival for the last 15 years as her effervescent personality couldn’t be missed at the loukamades stand.Vaso is survived by her husband, Andreas Kazakos; brother George Kalpouzos; daughter Elizabeth Siokis and husband Gus, and their two children, Dafi and Vaso; son Teddy Kazakos and wife Frances, and their three children, Andreas, Zoe and Maximus; son John Kazakos and wife Nia, and their daughter, Lillian Grace; and son Alexander Kazakos.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Annunciation Christian Academy, 435 Keating Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27104. May her memory be eternal. www.hayworth-miller.com (Hayworth-Miller Kinderton Chapel).

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